'afloat' definitions:
Definition of 'afloat'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected]
adjective
Borne on the water; floating [ant: aground(p)]
adjective
Covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing]
Synonyms of 'afloat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboard,
- accidental,
- accompanying,
- ado,
- adrift,
- afoot,
- all aboard,
- aloft,
- alternating,
- amorphous,
- astir,
- at flood,
- at sea,
- athwart the hawse,
- athwarthawse,
- awash,
- aweigh,
- bandied about,
- before the mast,
- bruited about,
- by sea,
- by water,
- capricious,
- cast-off,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- circumstantial,
- clear,
- current,
- deluged,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- dizzy,
- doing,
- drowned,
- eccentric,
- engulfed,
- erratic,
- eventuating,
- fast and loose,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flitting,
- floating,
- flooded,
- fluctuating,
- freakish,
- free,
- giddy,
- going about,
- going around,
- going on,
- happening,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- in circulation,
- in hand,
- in sail,
- in spate,
- in the air,
- in the news,
- in the wind,
- incidental,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- infirm,
- inflood,
- inundated,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresponsible,
- loose,
- made public,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- moody,
- occasional,
- occurring,
- on,
- on board,
- on board ship,
- on deck,
- on foot,
- on shipboard,
- ongoing,
- overwhelmed,
- passing,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- rambling,
- reported,
- restless,
- resultant,
- rickety,
- rife,
- roving,
- rumored,
- scatterbrained,
- shaky,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shuffling,
- spasmodic,
- spineless,
- started,
- swamped,
- swept,
- taking place,
- talked about,
- topside,
- unaccountable,
- unanchored,
- unbound,
- uncertain,
- uncontrolled,
- undependable,
- under way,
- undisciplined,
- undone,
- unfastened,
- unfixed,
- unmoored,
- unpredictable,
- unreliable,
- unrestrained,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unstuck,
- untied,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- variable,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- washed,
- water-borne,
- water-washed,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- whelmed,
- whimsical,
- whispered,
- whispered about,
- wishy-washy